Big Sister

Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life.  ~Charles M. Schulz

My big sister and I have quite huge age gaps. So when we were little, we didn't get along that well. She used to cubit me and she made me want to run away from home. I'm not kidding, I was 6 at that time. 

After I went to boarding school, we got closer. Maybe because we didn't see each other that often. Haha.

She's so great in cooking and the good thing about it is, she always cook for me whenever I'm home. She can cook anything from Mee Bandung to Chicken Chop to Chappati. And she can bake too, dammn.

No kidding! That's why I'm not really a good cook, coz I got my big sister, the saviour. She always took over the kitchen whenever mom wasn't around. The only thing mom asked me to do was to reheat the dishes. She doesn't trust my relationship with kitchen. Haha.

My sister has a cookblog, so feel free to drop by and ask her for recipes or tips.

Anyway, we had a girly sister dinner date at Garden OneUtama last week. Have you guys been there? The place is awesomely nice. Romantic and calming setting, white and green theme with piano playing as the background. The menu is nice and the price is very reasonable too!

Loving the 'Garden-ish' theme

Me sistah

 The Garden Beef Burger

 Marinara pasta

Piano and mini-fountain

Happy stomach, growling no more :)

Hey shawty, it's your birthday

I've always despised birthdays, coz it left you with a lot of expectations. I mean, you would want everything to turn out perfect on your birthday and if it didn't, you would pout and sulk. I was talking about me, by the way!

So, this year I figured that I did not want to expect anything. But hey, it didn't turn out as bad.

I turned 23 last March. Man, that's quite a number huh? On the night of my birthday, I had a deep thought of what's ahead of my life. What have I achieved so far? You know the accomplishment crap. I hate it when I switched into that "accomplishment crap mode". It left me feeling, mmm 'unaccomplished'? I mean, I've only ticked 2 out of 30 things on my list of 'Things I should do before I turn 30'. That's not goooooooodddd.

And I think I've fallen into a state where I think I'm too old for anything fun. I'm too old for a fancy birthday party, I'm too old for Facebook, I'm too old for Twitter. I even think I'm too old for blogging.

But you know what? Truth is, you're never too old for anything. It is never too late for you to try out something new, I mean that's what keeps your life fun. Fun = Young = No wrinkles.
Age is just a number and we shouldn't let the digits get the hold of us.

So here's to 'I'm-not-too-old-for-anything".

Special appearance, our very own Ziana Zain. Woot woot. So cool ryte? Hehe.

Dropped your Blackberry in the Water?

1) When you've dropped your Blackberry, the first logical thing to do is obviously to get it out from the water, pronto! (Duhh)

2) Next, you don't do anything but pull the battery and wipe it dry

3) Store the battery in a dry, cool place

4) As for for your Blackberry, there are a few options that you can try to do to save it. 

Here's the Do's and Dont's

Do's

• Do store your baby in a container of rice. Yes, you heard me, the uncooked rice or 'beras'. The idea is that this will suck the moisture out of your wet phone as rice, eventually rendering it operable. However, and I cannot state this strongly enough, wait 48 hours before inserting the battery!
• Do expose your device in an air-conditioned room for approximately 72 hours, this works miraculously. Try it!

Don'ts

• Do not blow dry your Blackberry as it will only force the water molecules further into the small components, as the air blows inward. 
• Do not expose you Blackberry under direct hot-glazing sun light

Goodluck! And of course the tips are applicable to other mobile phones as well :)

Love/Hate Relationship

U celebrate new year, went on a romantic date on Valentine’s Day, and the next thing you know, it’s March alreadyyy???

I’ve always loved March, because it’s the month of my *ehem* BIRTHDAY *ehem*.

But, I hate the fact that March comes by so fast and it sort of has its own way of telling me that; ” ‘Time is passing by, how’s ur New Year resolution going?”

Sucks right? Haha.

So, maybe it's time to re-evaluate our New Year resolution. I know I would!

I'd love to write more, but I gotta sleep now. Nighttt. Don’t let the bed bug bites.

♡♡♡

Cooling off the Heat!

My entire week was all about  ‘home – uni – gym – group meeting – home’.  It was deliberately stressful and oh-so-boring, but hey what shall be done needed to be done, right? Had to do that if I want to put that magical robe on with a scroll on my hand.  I had my last group presentation of the semester  (though it didn’t went well as expected), but I should be glad that at least it was over now. Phewww *huge relief*.

I wasn’t the only one who got so beaten up with the busy schedule, because apparently my housemate was having one hell of crazy week herself. It was even worst for her;  the new PC broke down 2 days before her assignment due. Pffftttt.  I swear, life’s harsh liddat. If one of us slammed the door when we came home, its best for the other one to avoid the ‘danger zone’ in order to prevent unnecessary confrontation. We are both in our final semester, so yea! Haha.

It was Friday, and we’ve called it a week. To put off the stress and cool off the heat, we went chilling and treat ourselves with some real meal. We took our time choosing clothes, putting make up, wearing heels just so we could feel good again. After all, we sort of needed that.

We had a good time and massive amount of calories intake that night. But who cares about the calories, the food was yummehhh.

Meet my housemate, Putri (as in Princess).

The yummy Bolognese Cheese Nachos, no one could resist.

Err, I didn’t finish this all by myself, did i? :p

Cookies & Cream. See, I’m very easy to pleased.

Have a great weekend y'all! 

"Study Hard"

Shocking news is, “Statistics say around 95% of young adult aged 20-35 do not have a dream in life!”

So peeps, raise up your hand if you can tell me what is you dream ????

It has been in our culture, where starting at the age of 7, our parents will tell us to ‘study hard’ so that we can get a ‘stable job’.  Yes, we’ve been sent to school, so that we can earn our Bachelor Degree and get a ‘stable job’ at the ‘big company’. That kind of thought has been instilled from our great great great grandfather’s generation up until now.

I’ve studied hard all years of my life. I spent three quarters of my living as a person ‘studying hard’ so that I could get good results. Don’t get me wrong, I’m  very grateful for whatever that has been given to me by God. I won’t achieved what I had if it’s not because of His will. I’m very very thankful for that.

I learned how to read at the age of 4, I passed the UPTS when I was in Primary 3, I got 5A’s for my UPSR, 8A’s for my PMR and straight A’s for my SPM. Did my International Baccalaureate right after high school and finished my Bachelor Degree in Applied Geology just last year.

It has been set in my mind to ‘study hard’. I’ve been programmed to do so since I was a toddler.

So, now what? Get a good stable job at a big stable company??

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People, let me ask you, is ‘studying hard’ makes you one step closer to your dreams in life? Do you have any sense of accomplishment after ‘studying hard’ and finished your formal tertiary education?

And, what does it mean by having a ‘stable job’? Does it mean –> Insurance benefits by the company? Loan granted by the bank? Let the HR department grade you and put your price??

If you answer YES to most of my questions just now, it means that you’ve not been going after your passion and dreams but you’ve been going for security and assurance instead.

But then again what is dream and passion? There’s more to life than just ‘study hard’ and get a ‘stable job’

Hmmmm.. Something for all of us to ponder on.

My Baby Sister

I only have one baby sister. Mom said she got pregnant because I wanted a baby sister so much that I sucked my own toes (just because I heard some old saying that says if the youngest child of the family start sucking his/her toes, the child’s going to have another baby sister/brother). Haha, not the most brilliant kid after all. Pfffttt. See B, things I do for you.

The memory of mom getting pregnant with my baby sister was rather vague as I was not even 3 at that time. But what I do remember is I went to the mall with dad to buy a mini Hello Kitty bolster for her when she was still in Mom’s womb.

I also remember during the day she was born, I had a very high fever. Maybe because I was too nervous to meet my new sister mom was about to deliver. Dad was at home with me and my other siblings, he was giving me the Pink Cough Syrup when he got a phone call from the hospital saying that my mom just delivered a healthy baby girl.

I was excited, but once I reached the hospital, it was never the same anymore. Suddenly, I wasn’t the cute one anymore, the attention has shifted and I was left alone standing at the corner, minding my own business. I was merajuk-ing but obviously no one was kind enough to notice. Haha.

I love her nevertheless.  Pffffttttt. You know why I said so? Because when she was 4,  I freaking stepped on the dentist’s shoe when she cried while the dentist was pulling her teeth out. I scolded the dentist, saying that he should be more gentle with small kids. (Quite a gangsta huh?)

Now that we are all grown up into young ladies whom are not so *ehem* ladylike *ehem*, I might not be stepping on people’s shoes anymore but I’d do anything (maybe more than stepping on the shoes) just to protect her. 

Those days of pulling each other’s hair, fighting over toys, competing to be dad’s favourite were over but I’m glad to have a sister whom I can share everything with. We had our fuss and fights but we never fail to have each other’s back. And I thank God for that.

She’s having some rough time now, but I know her and I know she’d get through this, I know she will.

Be strong, just get the battle done and over with!

So, here’s to my babysister and a lifetime of friendship and companionship.

Love and kisses all the way to Canada!

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